In protest

In protest

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An opposition member of the Ukrainian parliament sits next to huge Ukrainian flags decorating the seats of the opposition deputies who left the parliament session to protest against the vote of a highly polarizing bill increasing the role of the Russian language in linguistically-divided Ukraine in Kiev. The Ukrainian parliament backed a controversial bill making Russian the country's de-facto second national language as several thousand protesters rallied in the city center.

An opposition member of the Ukrainian parliament sits next to huge Ukrainian flags decorating the seats of the opposition deputies who left the parliament session to protest against the vote of a highly polarizing bill increasing the role of the Russian language in linguistically-divided Ukraine in Kiev. The Ukrainian parliament backed a controversial bill making Russian the country's de-facto second national language as several thousand protesters rallied in the city center. (AFP/Getty Images)

An opposition member of the Ukrainian parliament sits next to huge Ukrainian flags decorating the seats of the opposition deputies who left the parliament session to protest against the vote of a highly polarizing bill increasing the role of the Russian language in linguistically-divided Ukraine in Kiev. The Ukrainian parliament backed a controversial bill making Russian the country's de-facto second national language as several thousand protesters rallied in the city center.